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THE MORNING NEWS. I
I Established 1350. Incorporated 1888. V
J. H. ESTILL, President. I
AT WORK ON THE TARIFF.
three of the bio LEADERS bay
A BILL WILL BE PASSED.
The Republican Members of the Sen
ate Finance Committee Making
Rapid Progress Because They Are
Not Stopping to Argue Disputed
Points -The Sugar Schedules.
Washington, June 2. —The republicans
of the finance committee are making rapid
progress iu the consideration of the tariff
bill because they are laying aside pro tem
pore all schedules about which they differ
until they shall have gone through the bilL
In this way sugar, wool, glass, earthen
ware, metal3 and other debatable topics
will be saved up for a general scrimmage
afterwards. Senators Sherman and Mor
rill have dropped out while this
preliminary survey is being taken,
and the “young men,” Senators Allison,
Aldrich and Hiscoek, who framed the last
Senate tariff bill, are in full charge. Sena
tors Morrill and Sherman will come back,
how ever, when the contested schedules are
reached. Speaker Reed. Representative
McKinley and Senator Allison agree in
saying that a tariff bill will be passed this
session, because, they say, it must be, as
“we have promised it.” They say there
will be no great difficulty in harmonizing
in conference committee the probable dif
ferences between the two houses, and they
point to the Keifer conference committee of
1883, which framed the present tariff law,
as showing what can be done if the work is
properly planned and executed,
SUGAR SCHEDULES.
The sugar producing interests are trying
to get the sugar schedules of the Senate
bill of last congress, which reduced duties
on the low grades 50 per cent., and gave 1
cent a pound bounty, substituted for the
McKinley free sugar proposition, minus
the bounty. The sugar producers want no
bounty. They feel that it would not be
paid more than once or twice, and
that these payments would make
their business so odious as to
ruin them. “How long,” said
one of the Louisiana men to-day, “Would
the mortgaged farmers of the north seo a
dczen sugar planters I could name in Louis
iana paid from? 100,000 to $200,000 apiece
in government checks every year i” The
refiners, confectioners, fruit packers and
others are urging that if McKinley’s sched
ule is enacted they be given a rebate on all
the sugar they have on hand, otherwise the
refiners threaten to stop refining for several
months before the bill goes Into effect.
SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 2. —Two hours were
spent by the republican members of the
Senate finance committee this morning
upon further consideration of the tariff bili.
The time was devoted to schedule “D,”
wood and the manufactures thereof.
The progress was slow, considerable differ
ence of opinion being shown over the rates
of duty on timber. There wa3
considerable discussion upon the gen
eral question of the tariff upon
timber, but the attitude of several
senators was not disclosed. One of the
members of the committee to-day repeated
the opinion expressed Saturday that the bill
would be ready to be reported this week.
None of the schedules have been referred to
the democratic members for their inspection,
as there are too many disputed and unset
tled items to make them of any value to the
minority in preparing their report.
THE LEAD ORE PARAGRAPHS.
Persons interested in the lead ore para
graphs express the opinion that the duty as
fixed in tho House bill will not be disturbed.
The tin plate paragraph, it is understood,
has beon passed over without aotion.
Messrs. Morrill and Sherman were not
wita their associates on the committee
this afternoon, owing to other engage
ments, so that the bill was in charge of
the subcommittee of two years ago—
Messrs Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock and
Jones.
BUT LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED.
The subcommittee, owing to the necessity
for the presence of Senator Allison in the
Senate, did very little with the bill this
afternoon. All the republican members of
the committee will continue consideration
of the bill to-morrow. The hearing of the
New York importers having been postponed
until Wednesday, that hearing will be be
fore the full committee.
A communication was received by
the committee to-day through Senator
Stockbridge from the Fine Cut Tobacco
Manufacturers’ Association protesting
against the proposed increase of the tax on
manufactured tobacco from 4 to 8 cents per
pound. The memorialists say that with the
privilege of unrestricted selling granted to
the tobacco grower the manufacturers hope
to be able to struggle along with the tax at
4 cents, but they insist that an increase to 8
cents means great and probably irreparable
damage to their business.
A DEFEAT FOB AN ARCHITECT.
The Claim of A. B. Mullet tor $ 150,000
Dismissed by the Court.
Washington, June 2.— The court of
claims has dismissed the claim of A. B.
Mullet for 8150,000 compensation as archi
tect of the building now occupied by the
state, war and navy department. During
the period of his superintendence over the
construction of the building Mr. Mullet was
in the employ of the government as super
vising architect of the treasury department
and was requested by the building
commission to submit plans, which were
adopted. In 1875 be retired from the serv
ice of the government, and an offer was
made to him by the commission to pay him a
salary to continue his supervision. He re
jected this offer, and the building was com
pleted under the care of an engineer officer
of the army. His claim was for architect’s
commission on the total cost of the building,
although it was not completed until 1888,
thirteen years after he ceased to have any
thing to do with it.
Matt Davia Confirmed.
Washington, June 2.— The Senate to
day confirmed the following nominations of
postmasters: Madison Davis at Athens,
&a., M. K. Mister it Grenada, Miss., J. T.
Davenport at Gordonsville, Va. and W. U.
Hepas, at Wytheville, Va.
Senator Colquitt, finding that after all
sis efforts the republicans were determined
to confirm Davis, went over to New York
Saturday and let them confirm him.
A Bounty Bill.
Washington, June 2. —Representative
G Neill of Indiana to-day introduced a bill
to pay to each man who was mustered Into
the service during the late war, and to each
man who was drafted and furnished to the
government an acceptable substitute, a sum
equal to the bounty being paid by the gov
ernment at the time for volunteers.
Appropriations for Indians.
Washington, June 2.— The Indian ap
propriation bill for the fiscal year 1891 com
pleted by the House committee on Indian
affairs carries an appropriation of a little
less than 88,000,000, which is somewhat be
low ths appropriation for the currant fiscal
S’ear.
§ohf Mofniitn Jfaas*.
A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The House to stand by the Service
Pension Clause.
Washington, June 2.—The republican
representatives were again in caucus t>
night to consider matters of legislation
pending before the House. The first busi
ness in order related to the subject of pen
sions, which came up on an application
for instructions by Messrs. Morrill and
Sawyer, the republican members of the
conference committee on the disability
and service pension bill, which has so far
been unaDle to reach an agreement with the
senatorial conference committee. The
points at issue were stated, and after a pro
longed and animated discussion the caucus
instructed the representatives of the Hsu-.e
to insist upon the service pension feature of
the bill and to endeavor to secure the Inclu
sion of the provision that no pension shall
be less than $6 per month.
The McComas anti-gerrymandering bill
was next taken up and discussed at length.
Several of the Ohio members noted their
objections to the bill. After argument the
matter went over for consideration at an
other caucus.
THE NATIONAL ELECTION LAW.
The subject of a national election law was
next considered. Messrs. Lodge and Rowell,
from the special caucus committee, pre
sented their reports, Mr. Lodge favoring a
national election law on the general plan of
his bill, and Mr. Rowell recommending the
present supervisory system of safeguards.
After an explanation of the provisions of
the two measures the caucus adjourned,
leaving them, as well as the McComas bill,
in order for consideration and action at
another caucus to be held next Thursday
night.
The subject of silver legislation was not
broached, as it was believed that the repub
lican members had sufficiently indicated
their desires in that respect at the preceding
caucus.
KEIFER IN THE HOUSE.
The Ex-Speaker Watches Speaker
Reed’s Slick Way of Ruling.
Washington, June 2.—J. Warren
Keifer of Springfield, 0., once, incredible
as it seems, speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, is now in Washington. To-day
he sat for a while in the seat he used to oc
cupy before he was made speaker, and
watched Speaker Reed doing deftly and
gracefully what Speaker Keifer used to try
to do awkwardly and clumsily, and listened
to Henry Cabot Lodge and other republican
leaders who were unknown to national
politics when he was elected speaker.
A MAN WITHOUT FRIENDS.
Very few republicans spoke to Mr. Keifer
and no democrats. He had few friends
when he was made speaker and he has fower
now. Most of the members of the preient
House do not know him by sight. Mr.
Keifer was the great friend of the lobbyists
when he was speaker. Now he is a lobbyist
himself, appearing as a representative of
Delano, Laurence, Harpster & Cos., other
wise known as the Ohio Wool Growers’
Association, and Keifer is chiefly valuable
to them, because as an ex-speaker he
has the privilege of going in on the Senate
floor while the Senate xs in session, while
Messrs. Lawrence and Delano can only go
in on fcnd.Mr. Harper can
not go in at ailT It remains to be seen
whether Speaker Reed’s fiery zeal azainst
lobbyists will extend to his old friend, ex-
Speaker Keifer. The Ohio wool growers
have certainly selected a most appropriate
representative in the man who engineered
the conference committee of 1883.
CALL ON CHIPLEY’S CIRCULAR.
The Senator Pronounces It a False
hood from Beginning to End.
Washington, June 2.—ln the Senate to
day Mr. Call, rising to a question of per
sonal privilege, referred to a pamphlet
published against him by W. D. Chiplev,
copies of which had been mailed to the
senators. In it ho was charged, he said,
with false swearing, disgraceful transac
tions, use of his senatorial knowledge for a
land deal, disregard of decisions of the
supremo court, bossism aud many other
improper acts. He declared that the
pamphlet from its first sentence to its last
was a falsehood; that it did not contain one
word or syllable of truth, that even it3
commas, its periods, its semicolons and its
quotation marks spoke falsehood.
HIS LIKE BEFBNSIBLE.
There was no part of his public or pri
vate life which he could not defend and
justify. But the truth was that the pam
phlet was intended to protect a vast appro
priation of the public lands of Florida by
individuals. It was a conspiracy against
legislation in behalf of the people of Flor
ida. There was no politics in it, either
democratic or republican. It was a con
spiracy by corrupt methods to prevent such
action on the part of congress by traducing
him; and by producing in the Senate an im
pression derogatory to him and his char
acter.
DEBT OF THE NATION.
The Reduction Since June 30, ISB9,
$67,787,722.
Washington, Juno 2. —The debt state
ment issued to-day shows:
Reduction during May $ fi.661,871 60
Reduction since June 30 67,787,722 77
Interest bearing debt 800.440,047 04
Debt of all kinds 1,591,382.600 09
Debt, less available credits 1,008,858,898 68
Cash in the treasury 846,681,016 00
Certificates of deposit outstand
ing 9,855,000 00
Gold certificates outstandiug... 130,788,399 00
Silver certificates outstanding.. 194,050,083 00
Fractional currency outstanding 6,912,010 97
Roger Q. Mills Sick.
Washington, June 2.—Representative
Roger Q. Mills was taken suddenly with
cholera morbus last evening and is likely to
be kept in bed for some days. Under the
advice of his physician an indefinite leave
of absence for him was obtained from the
House to-day on account of sickuess.
Jacksonville's New Bank.
Washington, June 2.—The Merchants
National Bank of Jacksonville, Fla., has
been authorized to commence business. Its
capital is $150,000.
Government Bond Purchases.
Washington, June 2. —Tbe bond offer
ings to-day aggregated $32,200, all 4 per
cents, at 122. All were accepted.
A RAILROAD MORTGAGE.
Louisville and Nashville to Float a
$50,000,000 Issue.
New York, June 2.—lt was reported in
Wall street to-day that the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company had decided
to issue a general mortgage of $50,000,000,
to take up the underlying bonds as they
become due, and provide a surplus for im
provements, extensions, etc. The surplus
fund will reach about 89,000,000. Toe
bonds were said to be intended to bear 4 per
cent, interest, and the earliest issue was to
be limited to $4,000,000. President Norton
of the railroad company declined to make
any statement on the ground that the re
ports were premature.
SILVER GIVEN A TWIST.
MORRILL BRINGS THE SUBJECT
UP IN THE SENATE AGAIN.
Teller and Jones Represented as In
flating History in Their Eloquent
Speeches—The Followers of the
New Silver Gospel Accused of
Wanting the Earth.
Washington, June 3. —In the Senate
this morning a conference was ordered on
the naval appropriation bill. Messrs. Hale,
Allison and Gorman were appointed con
ferees on the part of the Senate.
Petitions were presented as follows: From
Kansas City for reciprocity in trade with
Mexico; from New York against an increase
of the duty on linen handkerchiefs and on
brushes beyond the present rates (35 per
cent, and 30 per cent., respectively); from
Memphis, Tenn., protesting agaiust the
Mississippi river system.
MORRILL ON SILVER.
The silver bill was later taken uD,and Mr.
Morrill addressed the Senate. There had
been, he said, so much inflation of history
in some of the speeches made on the bill
that it would be well for somebody to punct
ure it, and he should attempt to do his hum
ble part in that work. The debate had
opened by the senator from Nevada (Mr.
Jones) in a splendid speech, in
which that senator had made
no argument in its behalf. He had
cut loose from terra flrina and had soared
in the air of fiat money. That senator was
a genius; was maguetic, and they all liked
him—liked even his fables, in waich he was
a rival of LaFontaioe. He (Mr. Morrill)
had been in favor of doubling the amount
of silver bullion purchased, and had been in
fact desirous of doing almost anything in
that direction except abandoning absolutely
and forever the bi-metallic standard of
money.
wants of the silver men.
But the followers of the new silver
gospel were not easily satisfied. They de
manded the coinage of all the silver at the
expense of the government. They also
wanted treasury notes or certificates to bo
made legal tender for all debts, public and
private. Then they wanted the treasury
reserve to be cut down to $10,000,000, and
the 8100,000,000 of gold now held for the
redemption of legal tender notes reduced to
$50,000,000. Finally, rather than anything
else, they wanted free coinage for
all American silver, and for all that might
be brought into the United States from
Mexico or any other country. Tee oost of
coining silver (about 2 per cent.) was to be
borne by the government, and dep sitors
of silver bullion were to receive all the dif
ference in value between bullion aud stand
ard dollars. That was the feast to which
the Senate was invited by the distinguished
senators from Colorado and Nevada
(Messrs. Teller and Jones).
wage earners the sufferers.
The wage earners of the United States
were to be counted by the millions, and
were the most numerous creditor class of
the country, and, he believed, the largest in
amount. It was that class that it was
now proposed to pay off in cheaper and de
preciated standard money, and to require
to pay higher prices for anything they had
to buy. Could there be anything more
likely'in all parts br the count ryal' an
early day to provoke strikes for higher
wages!
Frederick the Great, in preparing a cam
paign against a neighboring province, had
ordered bis minister to prepare a proclama
tion. The minister did so, beginning with
the phrase, “By the grace of God." “Strike
that out,” said the king; "just say, ‘Fred
erick wants another province.’” So it was
with the silver miners of Nevada and Col
orado.
WANT GOLD ABANDONED.
They want everything about gold struck
out and simply to say: "We want 40 per
cent, more profit.” Silver would tolerate
no rival near the throne. As to the stories
of the public and the private indebtedness
of the country he (Mr. Morrill) had no faith
in them; and he believed that if correct
figures could be abtoined it would be found
that the indebtedness per capita was never
less than in 1891. He believed that
by wise and moderate legislation a
sufficient amount of silver might be
utilized, and yet the bi-metallic standard be
maintained. He did not waut to have the
United States divorced from the commer
cial world. But that was not the policy of
those who had led off in the debate. Their
transparent design was (only thinly at
tempted to be concealed) to go, by a
single bound, to a silver standard. If the
country was to have but a single standard,
he preferred that that standard should be
gold rather than silver.
MORRILL WANTS BOTH.
He would, however, like to have both
maintained, and with the expectation that
with a very liberal increase of silver and
with good management on the part of the
treasury department, parity of value would
be preserved, silver advancing a
good deal and gold receding
somewhat in value. Aa to tho
obloquy frequently attempted to be thrown
on the congress of 1873 in connection with the
cessation of silver coinage, there was no
reason whatever in it, because, at that
time, the silver dollar was worth 3 per cent,
more than the gold dollar. The deprecia
tion of silver had been caused, not by that
act, but partly because of the demonetiza
tion of silver in Europe, and partly by the
increase of silver production in the world.
UNABLE TO FLOAT THEM.
The United States had been coining silver
dollars at the rate of two million a month
since 1873, and had tried its best to put
them in circulation, yet, as a result, there
hid been in circulation in September, 1889,
only $57,374,000, or $4,017,348 less than
three years before. Mr. Morrill went on to
argue against tbe proposition to issue legal
tender treasury notes in exchange as an
unconstitutional measure, referring
to the fact that Mr. Chase,
as chief justice, had (like another'
Brutus) sacrificed his own child (the
original legal tender law) to tho safety of
the republic and to the statement by
Charles Sumner, who bad sustained that
measure, that the extreme medicine of the
constitution should not constitute its daily
food.
AVERSE TO UNTRIED THEORIES.
In conclusion he said that he was not
quite ready, much 03 he respected and ad
mired the great ability of the senators who
were pushing these new and untried theories,
to give his consent to them, in defiance of
all the teachings of Jefferson. Hamilton,
Marshall, Story, Benton and Webster. It
would be a sad day for the country when the
highest authorities on constitutional ques
tions were no longer heeded or reverenced.
MONET FOR WEST POINT.
The conference report on the military
academy appropriation bill was presented
and agreed to. The total amount of the
appropriation made by the House was
$429,996, by the Senate $404,766, aud by the
conferees $435,296.
The conference report on the army ap
propriation bill was again taken up, and
the question in regard to the provision as to
canteens was discussed, the conference re
port being to the effect that no intoxicating
drinks should be supplied in canteen* or in
traders’ stores in states or territories where
prohibition exists. After a long debate the
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1800.
conference report was agreed to by a vote
of 35 yeas to 8 nays, the nays being Messrs.
Blair, Colquitt, Dixon, George, Hale, San
ders. Teller and Turpie.
HARRIS FAVORS FREE COINAGE.
The silver bill was again taken up and
Mr. Harris addressed the Senate. After a
review and condemnation of the act of 1873,
demonetizing silver, he compared tho vari
ous pending propositions, and said that he
should vote for free coinage of silver; aud if
he failed in securing that, he should support
tho nearest approximation to ic that he
might tie able to secure. If he was forced
to decide between the oiil as rep >rted by
the finance committee and the legislation of
1878 (for the ooinage of at least two million
silver dollars a month) he should vote for
the committee’s bill, believing that many of
the criticisms made upon it were never
just nor true. Ho hoped that he would
secure free coinage.
A CHOICE OF EVILS.
Failing In that, he, preferred to take the
bill authorizing the purchase of #4,500,000
of silver a month, rather than tike the
present law with its monthly $2,000,000 of
coined silver, because it would increase the
volume of circulation by $3,500,000 a
month. The only practical difference in
the two propositions was that, under one,
$2,000,000 in silver were coined every
moutb, and certificates issued for them; and
under the other, there would be on issue of
$4,500,000 of treasury notes each month to
pay for that amount of silver bullion, which
the secretary was required to coin when
necessary to provide for the redemption of
treasury notes.
THE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE BILLS.
Mr. Harris went on to speak of tho two
propositions to furnish reiief to the fiyin
era by establishing a warehouse system for
tho duposit of certain crops, and the issuing
of treasury notes for 80 per cont. of their
market value, and by lending money to
farmers on their real estate at the rate of 2
per cent, a yoar interest. Even if such
measures were constitutional (and he was
convinced they were not), ho believed that
they would not benefit the farmer, but
would prove a serious injury and loss to
him.
At the close of Mr. Harris’ speech the
silver bill went over, and after a brief exec
utive session the Senate adjourned.
FAMILIES CAUGHT BY FIRE.
One Man Dead and Throe Other
Deaths Probable.
St. Louis, M. 0., Juno 2.—The building
No. 1633 Franklin avenue, the second floor
of which was occupied as a tenement by
several families, and the lower floor as a
paint shop, was discovered on fire about
3 o’clock this morning. The flro started on
the second floor, and had burned Half an
hour before it was discovered. When an
alarm was turned in tho fire was well under
way. As soon as the flremon arrived a
si ream of water was turned on the building,
but no effort was made to rescue the ocou
pants until loud screams from the second
story indicated that there were helpless
people inside.
A FAMILY IN A FIRE T'rAP.
The firemen entered and found the family
of George Schlotbman struggling in smoko
and flames in the two front rooms.
Schlothmau was frightfully burned and
„ ffifui lying helpless on the floor. His wife
and two children wore also burned, and his
father, nearly 70 years of nge, had been
■mothered to death iu his bed.
Charles Hauss, who occupied the rear
apartment with his wife and child, had just
left to goto work, and his wife and little
son were caught in the flames.
RISKED ALL TO SAVE HER BOY.
Mrs. Hauss could have escaped, but her
little boy was so frightened that he run
under the bed. ana in the frantic mother’s
efforts to save her child she was danger
ously burned. The child was fou id in an
unconscious condition, but the mother was
able to speak.
The injured were all taken to the dispen
sary, where Schlothman is not expected to
live. The recovery of his two children is
also doubtful. It is thought Mrs. Sohloth
man may pull through.
George Hyde, the lessee, has been arrested
on suspicion of having fired the building.
A COTTON STATEMENT.
The Past Thirty-nine Wooks Covered
by the New Orleans Exchange.
New Orleans, June 2.—Tho New
Orleans Cotton Exchange has issued a state
ment embracing thirty-nine weeks of the
season, from Sept. 1 to May 30 inclusive,
this and last year, showing that 7,078,616
bales of the crop of 1889-’9O have come into
sight at ports, overland points of crossing
and leading southern interior centers, in
cluding takings by the southern mills. Up
to this time last season the amount brought
into sight was 6,805,111 bales, or say 98.08
per cent, of the entire crop.
BROUGHT INTO RIGHT.
The statement shows that there were
brought into sight after May 30 last season
33,178 bales. It indicates that of the supply
for this season 2,127,592 bales have been
taken by Amerieau and Canadian mills, in
cluding 429,587 south of the Potomac.
There have been exported to foreign coun
tries 4,072,507. It also shows that the
northern mill takings and Canada
overland are 32,960 bales ahead of
the corresponding thirty-nine weeks of
last year, and that tho excess In foreign
exports for tho season is 220,538. Between
May 1 and 30 inclusive, this season’s stocks
at American ports and twenty-nine leading
southern interior markets have decreased
17,910 bales, against a decrease during the
same period of time last year of 122,334,
aud 11,278 bales less than they were at this
time last year.
Shoe Manufacturers Fail.
Boston, Mass., June 2.—Tho shoe firm
of Wetherall & Pierce of Providence, R. 1.,
has failed. The liabilities are §125,000 and
the assets about half that amount
A DRY GOODS FIRM ASSIGNS.
Baltimore, Juno 2.—The well known
dry goods and notion firm of Edward aud
Joseph Kerngood, trading as T. Kerngood’s
Sons, has made an assignment for the bene
fit of its creditors.
Danville’s Tobacco Bales.
Danville, Va., June 2.— The sales of
leaf t'fbacco in this market for May wore
1,680,583 pounds, a falling off of nearly one
million pounds as compared with the same
period last year. The sales from October
to June 1 were 19,954,322 pounds, au in
crease over the same period of lost year of
2,802,748 Dounds. The average price paid
in May was the largest for any month in
eight years.
Receiver of a Gas Trust.
Chicago, June 2.—George R. Davis,
county treasurer and a well-known poli
tician, was to-dav agreed on by tho attor
neys and appointed by Judge Collins
receiver of the Chicago Gas Trust Com
pany, in bonds of $300,000.
California Breweries Sold.
San Francisco. June 2.— The Chronicle
says: “Yesterday’s mail brought legal
documents consummating the sale of the
ten principal breweries in this city to an
English syndicate for $7,500,000.”
SISTERS’ FERRY BRIDGE.
THE HOUSE PASSES CONGRESS
MAN LESTER’S BILL.
The House Opena its Week by Put
tinsr Through a Few Bills Under a
Suspension of the Rules—A Refusal
to Vote Old Cannon to a Post of the
O. A. R
Washington, Juno 3.—This was “sus
pension day” in the House and, after the
introduction of a few bills, resolutions and
memorials, motions to suspend the rules
were in order, and under such motions
quite a number of local bills were passed.
The first break in the monotony oatue when
Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts moved to sus
pend the rules and pass the bill granting
four condemned cannon to Abraham Lin
coln Post of Charlestown, Mass. The motion
was lost.
killing time.
Up to this point, in one respect, the session
of the House was somewhat remarkable.
The principal object of the members present
—and they constituted a bare quorum—
seemed to be to kill time and to prevent any
measure of general importance being
called up.
A bill called up by Mr. Smith of Arizona,
concerning Indian criminals in the territo
ries. was discussed for nearly an hour,
though no attention was paid to the debate.
The Lodge bill was the target for many at
tacks. Every member who desired to se
cure condemned cannon for an army post in
his district made objection, and a number of
short “home consumption” speeches were
made.
ANDERSON RAISES A LAUGH.
Mr. Anderson of Kansas raised a laugh,
when.in response to a remark by Mr. B’lower
of New York, he suggested that all cannon
should be used to aid New York to erect a
monument to Gen. Grant.
On motion of Mr. Crisp the rules were
suspended and the hill was passed author
izing the construction of a bridge across
the Ocmulgee river in Pulaski county,
Georgia.
On motion of Mr. Morrow of California
the Senate bill was passed relieving tho
Union iron works of San Francisco from
certain penalties (amounting to $33,00’)) in
curred iu the construction of tho cruisor
Charles .on.
On motion of Mr. Taylor of Tennessee the
bill was passed creating anew division of
tho Eastern judicial district of Tennessee.
On motion of Mr. Lester of Georgia the
bill was passed authorizing the construction
of a bridge across the Savannah river near
Sisters’ Ferry, in Georgia.
The House then adjourned.
STRUCK BY A CLOUDBURST.
Several Lives Reported Lost at Love
land, Mo.
Council Bluffs, la., June 2.—A special
to the Nonpareil from Missouri Valloy
reports tbe almost total destruction of the
village of Loveland, eight miles below that
point, by a huge waterspout yesterday.
Loveland is located in Beyer valley in a
gulloy.
A terrific storm, amounting to a cloud
burst, passed over the valley, breaking
about a mils above the town, sweeping
down the street and leaving hardly a house
in t wu.
Tho 1038 of life as far as has been heard
from includes Mrs. Hay lea, an aged lady,
and her sou. There are others whose names
are now unknown.
One family was taken off trootops next
morning, where they had been swept by the
flood. One of the family was swept past
and drowned. The search for the missing
bodies is so far unsuccessful.
ONLY ONE KILLED.
Council Bluffs, la., Juno 3,3 a. m.—
Further advices to-night from the scene of
the Loveland disaster indicate that the first
reports were overestimated in magnitude.
Mrs. Sayles is the only person killed, so far
as known. Tho village is a small one and
the material loss, therefore, is not large.
The river has subsided to its usual chauuel,
but au all day search failed to reveal any
further dead.
WEAVERS ON A STRIKE.
Paterson Mills Making a General Re
duction In Wages.
Paterson, N. J., June 2.—About fifty
silk ribbon weavers employed by Pelgram
& Myer, large manufacturers, struck to
day against a reduction in wages from 15
to 20 per cent. The woavors of the Helvito
Silk Company and over one hundred em
ployed by Johnson, Cowdin & Cos. are also
out resisting similar reductions
A 10 per cent, reduction has gone into
effect at the mammoth mill of William
Strange & Cos., and wages have been
lowered 12, per cent, at Doherty & Wads
worth’s establishment.
General depression in the industry is
given as the cause for the reductions.
Slany weavers and other operatives are idle
and business throughout the city is consid
erably affected thereby.
THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
An Attempt to Light a Fire with Kero
sene Ends in Death.
Denver, Col., Juno 2.—A Durango, Col.,
special to the News says: “Mrs. Robert
Morrow yesterday afternoon attempted to
light a fire with kerosene. An e xplosion oc
curred, which set fire to the clothes of the
woman, her 4-year-old son and her young
baby. They were all three cremated in the
house, which was burned before any assist
ance could be rendered.”
A Fiend Hanged.
New Orleans, June 2.—Tho Picayune's
Hattiesburg, Miss., special says: “A negro
named George Stevenson attempted an out
rage ou a widow named Mrs. Dearman, a
fe w mile* north of this place, Friday night.
He was captured, and after hi; captors had
compared the tracks made with his ami
finding them to be the same he confessed.
Two men started to Augusta to put the
brute in jail, and about eight or nine miles
from there at dark thirty or forty overtook
them and took the negro and hanged him
to a tree.”
A Blrchall Witness Dead.
Windsor, Ont., June 2.—George Hayes,
a passenger train brakeman, was instantly
killed here this morning, his head being
caught between tho bumpers of two cars.
Hayes was the principal witness in the cele
brated Birchall-Benwell murder case, and
his sudden keatb will rob the dominion of
one witness who saw Birchall and his
victim on the train.
An Earthquake at Lima.
Lima, June 2.—The severest earthquake
shock experienced in many years occurred
about 1:50 o’clock this morning. It was
followed by two other shocks, which,though
milder than the first, were of more than
average severity.
President of a Cotton Exchange.
New York, June 2.—Charles W. Ide was
elected president of the New York Cotton
Exchange torday.
BRITAIN'S PARLIAMENT.
The Fisheries Dispute Alluded to in
the Debate.
London, June 2. —Parliament reassem
bled to-day after the Whitsuntide recess.
In the House of Commons Sir James Fer
guson, parliamentary secretary for the
foreign office, declined to lay on the table
papers relative to negotiations with the
United States concerning the Behring sea
trouble until the question is settled.
Sir James also stated that neither the
French nor English government had
received any information of the landing
from a French ship of men on the
coast of Newfoundland who ordered the
Newfoundland fishermen to remove their
nets and upon their refusal to do so removed
them themselves. He was sure, he declared,
that the officers in both the English and
French services could be dependod upon to
preserve a conciliatory attitude pending an
arrangement of the Newfoundland fisheries
trouble. The government had every reason
to believe that tho alarmist reports con
cerning the situation of affairs in New
foundland were incorrect.
BISMARCK DEFENDED.
An Editor Denies That He Is Aiding
the Foes of Germany.
Berlin, June 2.—The Hamburger Nach
richten, defending Frinos Bismarck from
the reproach that in his Interviews with
Russian and French journalists he has con
fided in enemies of the empire, declares that
only those wuo desire war can object to the
interviews In question.
The emperor has informed Prince Bis
marck tiiat if he does not stop bis press
utterings the result will be serious.
Prince Bismarck’s right baud man, Herr
von Bucher, who is now at Friedrichsnihe,
is arranging tho prince’s papers ami select
ing material for a biography which is be
ing written by Herr Poschinger. The
biography will be made a vehicle for Prinoo
Bismarck’s confidences.
CRETAN PETITIONS.
They Will Be Bent to the Powers
Wheji Comnleted.
London, June 2.—A dispatch frfim Crete
says that Cliakir l’asha, governor, has
started for Constantinople, and that bis
place will be filled temporarily by Djovad
I’asha. Petitions to the powers are
Iming oirculatod for signature in
Crete demanding that a governor
almost independent of the Porto be ap
pointed ; that all fiscal revenues be ceded to
the Cretan administration; that the decis
ions of the Cretin assembly be submitted to
the governor for sanction, without refer
ence to the Porte; that the native police bo
re-established; that tho Turkish troops be
withdrawn, and that the tribunals be re
formed.
GLADSTONE MAKER A DENIAL,
The Mitohellstown Affair Not Likened
to Siberian Horrors.
London, June 2.—Mr. Gladstone, in reply
to questions sent to him by the liberals in
Glasgow, denied that he bail ever stated
that tbe shooting affair at Mitchnllstown,
Ireland, fuul the Siberian OUPGUm . W&CO
parallel outrages. Though, he says, he
spoke of them together, he did not desire
the inference to bo drawn that he regarded
the Mitcbellstown affair as equally as bad
as the ou’ rages perpetrated by the Russian
officials in Siberia.
Land Stocks on a Boom.
London, June 2.— There is a great specu
lation at present in shares of the Kontuckv
and Tennessee Land Companies. In some
cases shares have rapidly risen until they
now bring 250 to 300 per cent, premium.
The London Economist warns speculators
that their operations are overdone and pre
dicts that the present inflated prices cannot
be maintained.
Intriguing in Germany.
London, June 2. —The Chronicle's Paris
correspondent learns that a number of offi
cials at minor German courts are threatened
with dismissal for Intriguing, at the instiga
tion of Count Herbert Bismarck, to obstruct
the emperor’s policy.
Dr. Petera and Emin.
Berlin, Juno 2. —It Is rumored that In
the event of Dr. Peters Joining Emin, the
committee of the Enin relief expedition
will place the re maiuder of the fund at their
joint disposal for further explorations.
Germany’s Military Bill.
Berlin, June2. —Manyof tho freisinnlge
associations have adopted resolutions de
claring that the military bill should be de
feated, unless the term of service be reduced.
Strikes in Austria.
Vienna, June 2.—The labor troubles
here are being renewed. Numerous fresh
strikes are reported in various industries
throughout Austria.
OREGON’S ELECTION.
The Result of the Fight Oyer the Gov
ership Still in Doubt.
Portland, Ore., June 2.—Meagre re
turns from the election in this state to-day
indicate the election of Binger Herman,
rep., for congress by from 4,000 to 6,000
majority. Tho vote on governor will bo
close, but tho returns received seem favor
able to Pennoyer, dem. The republicans
will probably have a majority in the legis
lature on joint ballot.
Money for the Monument.
Baltimore, Mr, June 2.—A dispatch to
the Sun from Richmond, Va., states that
at a meeting of tho Lee monument com
mittee to-day it was announced that $6,300
had been contributed by persons in New
Jersey who do not give their names.
Insisting on Resigning.
Richmond, Va., June 2.—Basil B. Gor
don, chairman of the state democratic com
mittee, telegraphs fromHuranac Lake, New
York, to Mayor Ellyson of this city, who is
a member of the commhtoe, insisting that
bis resignation, tendered some time ago, bo
accepted.
Chicago’s Fair Bonds.
Chicago, June 2.—Gov. Fifer has
announced that he will call a special session
of tbe legislature on June 17 to act upon the
suggestion of the ways and means commit
tee that the city of Chicago be empowered
to issue $7,000,000 in bonds in aid of the fair.
A Barn Burned.
Thomasville, Ga., June 2.— The barn of
Calvin Carroll, in the suburbs of this city,
was burned Saturday night. It contained
rolling stock, feed and other articles valued
at $2,000. There is $1,660 Insurance In the
yEtna company. The cause of the fire Is
unknown. The fire occurred about 1 o’clock
at night.
A Railroad Wreck.
Rome, Ga., June 2.—A wreck occurred
on the Rome railroad this evening. The
engine of a freight train jumped the track
and turned over and blocked the track, de
[ laying the passenger train several hours.
I D-ATLY.IO A YEAR *
4 50 K NTS A COPT. f
j WEEKLY.I.2SAYEAH.
FIREMEN IN A PITFALL.
RUSHING INTO A CELLAR, THEY
FIND ESCAPE CUT OFF.
A Chemical Engine All that Saved;
Them from a Horrible Death—The*
Blaze Started by a Greek Cooking!
His Dinner—Hia Clothes Ignite, but*'
Ho Saves Himself.
Atlanta, Ga., June 2,—A panic was
created on Whitehall street to-day by the
folly of a Greek named John Kriss, a small 1
fruit vender, whose gross carelessness set a,
cellar on fire, and but for the efficiency of
tho chemical engine might have resulted in
the roastiDg of soveral firemen. Kriss went
into the cellar and lighted a gasoline lamp
preparatory to cooking his dinner. Ha
threw away the match and it fell into a
bucket of gasoline, wtiich burst at once into
a blaze. The Greek rushed out with hia
garments burning savagely, but succeeded)
in stripping off his shirt In time to save big
shoulders.
PERIL OF THE FIREMEN.
The firemen descended into the basement,
and one of them caught up the bucket of
gasoline and attempted to lift it out with a
book. The handle came off and scattered
the liquid all over the steps, and for a short
while it looked as it the men below, cut off
by the flaraas.must be burned tof loath. Help
was called tor and the chemical apjiaratus
having been brought into play quickly ex
tinguished the flames, saving both the fire
men and the buildiug.
B’NAI BRITH DELEGATES.
The First Day of the Convention Dew
voted to Routine Work.
Richmond, Va., June 2.—The grand
lodge of the Independent Order of B’nal
Brith assembled in the hall of the House of
Delegates to-day. Mayor EUyson was in
troduced by Permanent President Loven
stein, and mode a speech of welcome to
Richmond to all the delegates and their
guests.
William A. Gans of New York responded.
Pending discussion of a resolution iu
reference to education and personal liberty
ttie president introduced Hon. J. L. M.
Curry, who made an able and eloquent
speech. He complimented the Hebrew race
on their exploits in every field of useful
ness, and spoke of them as firm and true
friends of education. His allusions to their
post history, present usefulness aud hopes
of restored greatness, as well as his words
of warm welcome aud sympathy, were
loudly applauded.
KX-CONSUL WOLF SPEAKS.
Hon. Bimon Wolf of Washington, late
consul general to Egypt, responded at the
request of the president.
The time of the convention was chiefly
consumed with routine work not of general
interost to the public.
The delegates are a fine-looking body of
men from all sections of the union.
It Is expected thnt the grand lodge will be
in session till Thursday. The secretaries of
the convention are 8. Bamberger of New
York, M. K. Cohen of Philadelphia, and A.
.ikJ4#e£* of Memphis.
To-night the Jefferson literary and Social
Society entertained the delegates at the
theater.
To-morrow night there will be a ban
quet.
Wednesday afternoon the delegates will
be driven over the city and suburbs, and at
night will be entertained by the Mercantile
Club.
There will also boa number of private
entertainments, and the most lavish hos
pitality will be dispensed by their resident
Israelitish fellow citizens.
Fell Dead During a Row.
Charlotte, N. C., June2.—Walter Tay
lor, and employe at Holmes & Miller’s fac
tory at Salisbury, dropped dead to-day dur
ing an altercation with a negro boy. He
hod accused the negro of stealing a watch,
and upon the negro picking up a stone
Taylor struck him and immediately fell
dead. Heart failure is ascribed as the causa
of death.
Owego’s Bank Resumes.
Binghamton, N. Y., June 2.—The Onego
National Bank was opened for business this
morning. There was little money with
drawn, and some of the best business men
in the place made deposits.
Sunday Sparring Stopped.
■Ban Francisco, June 2.— The police yes
terday refused to allow Peter Jackson and
Jack Ashton to spar two rounds in the
opera house.
A MONOPOLY SOLD.
The Augusta and Summerville Street)
Railway Scooped in.
Augusta, June 3.—The Augusta and
Summerville railroad, which has done a
street car business in Augusta for the past)
twenty odd years, also has the privilege of
the streets and receives a royalty from all
tbe railroads for cars passing through the
city. This royalty pays about S4O,(XJO an
nually to the street car company,
whose charter has six years longer to run.
AU the railroads entering Augusta but one
are under the Richmond and Danville sys
tem, so that while the royalty is paid bv
eight roads, practically it is all paid by the
Richmond and Danville system, hence there
are good grounds for believing that the sale
of the road, which was made to-day was to
the Richmond and Danville oompauy. For
a controlling interest in the company the
purchasers paid $76,000, which will be saved
in a few years in freight privileges. The
Richmond and Danville will probably di3
pose of the street railway privileges.
WANT TO BUY A RAILROAD.
Capitalists to Gobble Augusta’s New
Line to Florida.
Augusta, Ga., June 2.—A company of
capitalists from Atlanta, Augusta, Kansas
City and other points met here to-day, and
have been in consultation about the pur
chase of the Augusta and West Florida
railroad. The consultation will result in the
organization to-morrow of a strong con
struction company, with T. J. James as
president, and with ample means to build
lines. The Augusta and Florida railroad is
now building from Augusta, and under the
new construction company will be pushed
right ahead to Thomasville.
Editor Atwood’s Funeral.
Atlanta, Ga., June 2.—The remains of
C. 8. Atwood reached here from Milledge
ville to-nght and will be buried at Oakland
cemetery to-morrow afternoon. The
services will be held at St. Luke’s cathedral.
The Odd Fellows, Red Men and Knights of
Pythias will attend in a body.
Wind end Lightning.
Orlando, Fla., June 2.—A severe wind,
accompanied by thunder aud lightning,
visited the city this afternoon. A shop on
Lake Eoia, owned by Jacob Short, was de
molished. The less, with contents, was
about S2OO.
